From ea7e5527bea0a27c2ebe07505fe6c90deb290881 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:40:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] README.prod.md: Expand documentation on filling in
 settings.py.

---
 README.prod.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.prod.md b/README.prod.md
index 9e73fa4ebc..b27bb66716 100644
--- a/README.prod.md
+++ b/README.prod.md
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ These instructions should be followed as root.
   packages via apt.
 
 (4) Configure the Zulip server instance by filling in the settings in
-  `/etc/zulip/settings.py`.
+  `/etc/zulip/settings.py`.  Be sure to fill in all the mandatory
+  settings, enable at least one authentication mechanism, and do the
+  configuration required for that authentication mechanism to work.
+  See the section on "Authentication" below for more detail on
+  configuring authentication mechanisms.
 
 (5) Run
   ```